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Zardari asks Sindh govt to improve Karachi drainage system

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari said that the Sindh government should adopt a sustainable and long-term...

Published 23 Jul, 2024 08:29am

Pakistan

Monsoon currents

LAHORE: The very first strong monsoon currents of the season are likely to penetrate the Arabian Sea and Bay of...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 03:29am

Pakistan

NDMA expects heavy rainfall today

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)’s National Emergencies Operation Centre anticipated...

Published 19 Jul, 2024 06:05am

Pakistan

Lahore faces urban flooding

LAHORE: A record of last 30 years was broken on Friday when the city of Lahore witnessed 315 millimeter. The city ...

Published 13 Jul, 2024 07:17am

Pakistan

More than 30 killed in heavy rain in Pakistan

PESHAWAR: More than 30 people have died in rain-related incidents in Pakistan during days of heavy downpours, with...

Updated 03 Mar, 2024 08:18pm

Opinion

Dangers of urban flooding

Pakistan is among the most affected countries by climate change. The irony of the situation is that while the...

Updated 02 Mar, 2024 04:37am

Pakistan

Options discussed to insulate Karachi from urban flooding

KARACHI: The consultative process for addressing the problem of flooding, due to rains, in Karachi has initiated and...

Published 27 Feb, 2024 03:06am

Pakistan

NDMA issues warnings of flash floods, urban flooding, landslides

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued fresh flash floods warnings, urban flooding...

Published 05 Aug, 2023 06:00am

Pakistan

Punjab, KP, ICT: NDMA issues fresh flash floods warnings, urban flooding in vulnerable areas

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued fresh flash floods warnings, urban flooding...

Published 05 Aug, 2023 06:00am

Pakistan

Indus, Kabul rivers: NDMA warns of flash floods, urban flooding in catchment areas

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has warned of flash floods and urban flooding in the...

Published 26 Jul, 2023 06:17am

Pakistan

NDMA issues warning: Flash floods in the wake of unrelenting showers

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued flash flood and urban flood warning ...

Published 25 Jul, 2023 06:20am

Pakistan

Normal life paralysed in Lahore as heavens open up; one killed

Heavy downpour started early in the morning that lasted for over five hours, which battered the city

Updated 23 Jul, 2023 10:35am

Pakistan

Urban flooding, landslides warned of More rains in several parts of country next week

ISLAMABAD: The authorities have forecasted more rains in several parts of the country with a warning about urban...

Published 19 Jul, 2023 03:21am

Pakistan

Sutlej River returning to normal flow in Kasur

KASUR: Sutlej River is coming back to normal flow at Ganda Singh Wala in Kasur district with water flow continuously...

Published 15 Jul, 2023 06:08am

Pakistan

Islamabad, Lahore & Peshawar: Minister warns of urban flooding

ISLAMABAD: Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman has warned of urban flooding in the twin cities of Islamabad and...

Published 14 Jul, 2023 06:23am

Pakistan

Eight killed as ‘record-breaking’ rain lashes Lahore

LAHORE: Record heavy monsoon rain caused urban flooding in the provincial capital on Wednesday, paralyzing routine...

Published 06 Jul, 2023 05:42am

Pakistan

Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, 2 other cities: urban flooding, a looming threat

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Sunday warned that the twin cities of Rawalpindi and...

Published 03 Jul, 2023 06:04am

Pakistan

Lahore receives 226mm of rainfall in a day

LAHORE: Rain in Lahore has broken previous records, as the observatories at Lahore airport and Lahore city have...

Published 27 Jun, 2023 06:15am

Pakistan

Upcoming monsoon rains may cause flooding in urban and rural areas of Sindh: SCA

HYDERABAD: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has expressed concern that a lack of measures to rehabilitate Left Bank...

Published 15 May, 2023 06:41am

Pakistan

Urban flooding feared: Unusual rains in Sindh likely from Sunday: minister

KARACHI: Sindh Provincial Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Coastal Development, Ismail Rahoo has said...

Published 28 Apr, 2023 06:08am

Pakistan

Encroachments along Korang Nullah pose potential risk of urban flooding

ISLAMABAD: The rapidly growing encroachments across the Korang Nullah in Bhara Kahu on the main Simli Dam Road are...

Published 23 Jan, 2023 06:30am

Pakistan

Sindh launches Rescue 1122 emergency service

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the state-of-the-art Central Command & Control...

Published 24 Dec, 2022 05:50am

BR Research

Floods: waiting for donors?

A slow-moving disaster, the ongoing floods have claimed nearly a thousand lives since June, with over a third of ...

Published 26 Aug, 2022 08:34am

Pakistan

Prolonged monsoon spell: torrential rains bring destruction in Pakistan

US announces $100,000 immediate relief for flood victims

Updated 18 Aug, 2022 02:36pm

Pakistan

Ongoing monsoon spell: PMD warns of urban flooding, water-logging across Pakistan

States that low-lying areas can get submerged

Published 17 Aug, 2022 04:06pm

Pakistan

Moderate flash flooding expected in tributaries of Kabul & Indus

LAHOPRE: Moderate flash flooding is expected in the tributaries of rivers Kabul and Indus during next 24 hours, said...

Published 17 Aug, 2022 06:07am

Pakistan

Torrential rains lash Karachi, disrupt daily activities

System will remain in effect till August 20

Published 16 Aug, 2022 01:58pm

Pakistan

PMD forecasts vigorous monsoon activity in Pakistan

Flags risk of urban flooding, waterlogging in coming days

Updated 13 Aug, 2022 03:25pm

Pakistan

NDMA hands over more dewatering pumps to Sindh govt

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Sunday handed over more dewatering pumps to Sindh...

Published 25 Jul, 2022 06:12am

Pakistan

Sindh govt declares Monday public holiday in Karachi and Hyderabad divisions

Announcement comes as relentless rain continues in both cities, causing urban flooding and suspension of power in some areas

Updated 24 Jul, 2022 10:15pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 26	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 26	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 26	153.77
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Jul 26	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 25	5,399.22
Nasdaq / Jul 25	17,181.72
Dow Jones / Jul 25	39,935.07
India Sensex / Jul 26	80,709.64
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 26	37,865.35
Hang Seng / Jul 26	17,058.55
FTSE 100 / Jul 26	8,255.78
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 26	18,346.62

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 26	78.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 26	17,035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 26	215,621
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 26	2,374.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 26	68.62
Petrol/Litre / Jul 27	275.60

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jul 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jul 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jul 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jul 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jul 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jul 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jul 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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